Credit: The Associated Press

Paris Jackson, model and daughter of the late Michael Jackson, arrives before the race of the Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill)

Credit: The Associated Press

The field enter the track before the start of the Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill)

MELBOURNE, Australia — Rekindling stormed home to win the Melbourne Cup by a long neck on Tuesday, overhauling Johannes Vermeer near the finish to give trainer Joseph O'Brien a victory over his famous father in Australia's most famous race.

Max Dynamite was 2 ½ lengths further back in third to give the Irish a 1-2-3 finish in the 157th running of the 2-mile classic .

Joseph O'Brien said one of the first things he did was phone his father, Aidan O'Brien, who trains Johannes Vermeer but was not at Flemington for the race.